Workshop of Jean-Baptiste GREUZE (1725-1805) - Lot 9

Workshop of Jean-Baptiste GREUZE (1725-1805) Head of a young girl with a blue ribbon (study) Oil on canvas H. 48.2 - L. 38.5 cm Reinforcement band around the edge (small accident towards the middle; some restoration and spotting around the edge). 19th-century wood and gilded stucco frame with a string of pearls and friezes (small missing parts). Annotated towards the middle in capital letters GREUZE. Study related to L'Offrande à l'Amour (Salon 1769) from the former collection of the Duc de Choiseul, in the Wallace Collection, London (Cf. Stephen Dufy and Jos Hedley, The Wallace Collection Pictures. A complete catalog; P441, pp. 182 & 183 - London 2004). For Jean - Baptiste Greuze's têtes d'expression, particularly those related to Offrande à l'Amour, see Yuriko Jackall, Jean - Baptiste Greuze et ses têtes d'expression (Cf. pp. 158 - 159 ; Pl. XXII - CTHS - INHA 2022).